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‘Muwatta’ al-Imam Malik

‘Muwatta’  al-Imam Malik: Riwayat al-Shafi’i ‘an Malik’, al-Banjari, Muhammad Lutfi, Karachi: Majlis al-Da’wah wa al-Tahqiq al-Islami, 357 pages By Maulana Zeeshan Chaudri The Muwatta’ of Imam Malik (d.179) requires no introduction as 100s of books have been written over the centuries studying various aspects of the goldmine. This collection of Malik demonstrates the juristic acumen and expertise …

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How to perform Hajj

All praise be to Allah, to whom we owe  a “pilgrimage to the house, whoever is able to find the way”. Peace and blessings be upon his messenger Muhammad ﷺ who said “an accepted hajj will receive no less a reward than paradise”. And blessings be upon his companions who followed suit. Everything comes from …

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How to perform Umrah

All praise be to Allah, to whom we owe  a “pilgrimage to the house, whoever is able to find the way”. Peace and blessings be upon his messenger Muhammad ﷺ who said “Umrah to ‘Umrah atones for the sins between them, and for Al-Hajj Al-Mabrur there is no reward except Paradise” .  And blessings be …

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Ṣafwah at-Tafāsīr

Written by Ḥuzaifa Sāleḥ  Title: Ṣafwah at-Tafāsīr Author: MuḥammadʿAlī as-Ṣābūnī Publisher: Dār ul-Ḥadīth Volumes: 3 Format: Hardcover Language: Arabic ABOUT THE BOOK: This is a concise tafsīr of which its author said: it is comprehensive, based on both narrated reports and rational argument, based on the most authentic well known tafāsīr such as al-Ṭabarī, al-Kashshāf, Ibn Kathīr, al-Baḥr …

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Intikhab-e-Bukhari Sharif

Translated by Muhammad Habib  Author: Abu Muhammad ‘Abd’Allah ibn Abi Jamrah al-Maliki al-Andalusi, translation and explanatory notes: ‘Allamah Zafar Ahmad ‘Uthmani, publisher: Idara Islamiyyat (Lahore), 2 Volumes, 656 pages. ‘Allamah Muhammad ibn Abi Jamrah (may Allah shower His mercy upon him) is from amongst the renowned scholars and sufis of seventh century (Hijri) Spain who …